BlackHole is a variant of a well-known Remote Access Trojan (RAT) for Windows known as darkComet. “Hello, Im the BlackHole Remote Administration Tool. I am a Trojan Horse, so i have infected your Mac Computer. I know, most people think Macs can’t be infected, but look, you ARE Infected! I have full controll over your […]
Continue ReadingThe first virus capable of infecting DOS-based PCs celebrates its silver jubilee this month. The Brain Virus, written by Pakistani brothers Basit and Amjad Alvi, was relatively harmless. The Alvis claimed the malware was there as a copyright protection measure to protect their medical software from piracy, an article by CIO magazine on the anniversary […]
Continue ReadingA new social networking worm in the vein of Koobface is currently doing the rounds. Unlike the majority of Facebook scams, this one actively infects your computer with malware instead of simply tricking you into taking surveys and passing on messages to other users. The link in his Facebook chat from a friend pointed to […]
Continue ReadingA fast-moving email worm that began spreading on Thursday has been able to affect hundreds of thousands of computers worldwide, anti-virus provider Symantec warned. The email arrives with the subject “Here you have.” An executable screensaver that’s disguised as a PDF document then tries to send the same message to everyone listed in the recipient’s […]
Continue ReadingHere is yet another example of a company distributing malware to its userbase. Unfortunately it probably won’t be the last. Today one of our colleagues received a brand new Vodafone HTC Magic with Google’s Android OS. “Neat” she said. Vodafone distributes this phone to its userbase in some European countries and it seems affordable as […]
Continue ReadingTeraBIT Virus Maker 2.8 SE (Backdoor.Win32.VB.bna) by m_reza00 Written in Visual Basic Released in September 2007 Made in Iran dropped files: c:\WINDOWS\system32\csmm.exe Size: 16,950 bytes startup: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon “Shell” Old data: Explorer.exe New data: explorer.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\csmm.exe Tested on Windows XP September 19, 2007 Download : http://rapidshare.com/files/96994198/TeraBIT_VM_2_1.8.zip.html
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